NEW TONIGHT.. A SEARCH FOR NEW LIFE. AN EXPLORATION WITH TIES TO LINCOLN NEBRASKA, DIVING DEEP ANTARTICA. UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA ENGINEERS ARE BUILDING A ROBOT THAT COULD TELL US SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THIS PLANET.. AND PERHAPS OTHERS. ONLY ON SEVEN.. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S ANDREW OZAKI HAS THE MISSION TO EXPLORE NEW WORLDS. IT'S MAN'S FIRST GLIMPSE AT LIFE A THOUSAND FEET UNDER THE ANTARTICA ICE. DISCOVERED JUST LAST YEAR BY RESEARCHERS USING THE THIS ROBOT DESIGNED TO GO WHERE HUMANS CAN'T( Bob Zook: What we saw were The bottom of the ice shelve is carpeted with anemones that shelf. ) BOB ZOOK SAYS IT VIEWING THE REAL TIME VIDEO FED TO THE SURFACE. NOW HIS TEAM OF ENGINEERS AT THE UNIVERSTIY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN IS BUILDING A NEW SUB CAPABLE OF UNDERWATER NAVIGATION AND IMAGING OR "SCINI" DEEP AS IT'S CALLED-- THAT WILL PLUNGE OVER A MILE DOWN INTO THE FRIGID ABISS( Zook: It's kind of like going in out in space. It's like going to another planet.) AND THAT IS WHY NASA AWARDED A 360- THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANT TO THE PROJECT. THE TECHNOLOGY OF DRILLING A MILE HOLE IN ICE USING A FIRE HOSE AND HOT WATER THEN LOWERING A ROBOT DOWN THAT CAN WITHSTAND THE PRESSURE AND HARSH ENVIRONMENT COULD SOME DAY BE USED EXPLORE JUPITER'S ICE COVERED MOON EUROPA.( Zook: Every place on his planet that we found water we found life. Now it that that goes true for the rest of the solar system, there should be life on these icy moons and that could get very interesting. ha ha ha ) BUT CLOSER TO HOME ZOOK SAYS WE STILL HAVE A LOT LEARN ABOUT OUR OWN PLANET.( Zook: Antarctica controls 80 percent of the world's weather.It controls 100 percent of the world ocean current. Doing research in Antarctica is important. ) IN LINCOLN, ANDREW OZAKI KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. SCINI DEEP WILL ALSO HAVE A SPECIALIZED CLAMP ARM TO COLLECT SAMPLES. THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE IT BY SEPTEMBER AND SENT IT TO ANTARCICA IN EARLY DECEMBER.

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